

If you find that you need to print work documents from home, the stripped-back Brother MFC-J1170DW (called the DCP-J1140DW in the UK) could be the ideal personal printer for you. There’s no fax facility, but it will print, scan and copy in full resolution and at quite fast speeds, while essential features such as an auto duplex mode, Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi Direct and AirPrint are all built in. This affordable 3-in-1 multifunction printer has a footprint not much larger than a sheet of A4 paper. Read the full review: Canon MAXIFY GX4020/GX4050/GX4060 If the asking price seems high, the TCO (total cost of ownership) is actually very low making this a sensible choice for the small business with big print demands. Thanks to the rear flat tray which compliments the 250-sheet main tray and 100-sheet rear tray, that even includes 0.7mm thick paperboard. The output quality is always crisp and colorful and it can handle almost any kind of printable media. There’s plenty of room for paper and ink with a 250-sheet main paper tray and it holds enough bottled ink in the tanks to print 6,000 mono and 14,000 color pages.

It’s not as fast as a laser and it lacks a couple of premium features such as duplex scanning and a USB Host port, but it has everything else that a small business or home office might need. From its robust, yet compact design to its vivid print quality, Canon has hit the sweet spot with this mid-priced MegaTank printer.

This process prints many pages of text, similar to a printer test page, to flush out ink that has dried on the printhead. You can find Printhead Cleaning Cycles in the printer's menu settings or under "Devices and Settings" on your PC. When you complete a Printhead Cleaning Cycle, like the printer's test page, you print many pages to remove any dried ink or irregularities from the cartridge.Ĭlean the printheads. You can find the printhead cleaning cycle in the menu settings on the printer display or in the devices and settings section on your PC. Using the Printhead Cleaning Cycle, clean the printheads.
